▲ Taiwan closed schools, suspended stock market activities and declared a holiday in the face of the powerful typhoon Gaemi which made landfall on the island’s east coast early Thursday after causing severe flooding in the Philippines. According to meteorological data, it is expected to be the strongest typhoon to make landfall in Taiwan in eight years. President Lai Ching-te urged people to be cautious and avoid travel. At the same time, more than 150,000 people were evacuated in the Chinese province of Fujian. Meanwhile, the Metropolitan Council of Manila declared a state of calamity due to the torrential rains caused by Gaemi. The image is from the Philippine city of Quezon.Photo Xinhua

The newspaper La Jornada
Thursday, July 25, 2024, p. 28